Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Banting is the principle town in the district of Kuala Langat(many people often got confused with Hulu Langat). The name Banting may have been tarnished lately due to some cruel evil devil that appeared to look like human.. Kerana nila setitik rosak susu sebelanga... huh!

To me, Banting a noble town. Be it whatever blunder happened in this town, the town is still noble. The guilty ones are the people, not the innocent town. It's where Dad came from.. and where he is laid to rest (Al-Fatihah)...

Eventhough I wasn't born nor live here.. It is still my hometown... I grew up here... I often balik kampung and still do...

As far as this entry is concerned, there are few stuff that I'd like t highlight about Banting... The foods precisely...

Monday, December 27, 2010

Went to my aunt's house for her cucu's majlis aqiqah... Went a bit early, the event starts at 3 but we came at 1.. Tapi sempat merasa Roast Lamb... Ya ampunnsss... sodappp... As we're about to leave, my aunt gave a goody bag...

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

My beloved Amalina Razali akaLina Ratu Drama came down to KL from Singapore and we planned for a rendezvous... along with the whole crony... We planned this so long.. Around 3 months go... I sooo looked forward for this moment... On the other hand, thousand apologies to my beloved cousin, Naz Wellazo as i had to be excused from her wedding at the groom's side, in Taiping... Sowwyyyy sggt k...

It's Megat's birthday!!! We had a be-earlied birthday celebration for Megat few days ago, in conjunction of Lina's trip to KL.. Since most of us will be down to Pavilion, KL to meet our beloved Drama Queen.. Nad n myself planned to have a lil celebration for Megat with help of Fara n Lina...

After lunch, while lepakking, we excused ourselves too the ladies... kononnya... but we did tho... Then we go n get a lil sumthing for himmm... lalalalaaaa... Hope it worked!! n the cake memang sangat sedapppp.... Choc with orange slice... (x perlu tanya berapa RM ye Megat!!.. lol)

Friday, December 17, 2010

There may be several versions of BAs... savory or sweet... depends on the state and origin..

As for ours, it originates from Alor Setar, Kedah... Initially, we were at Alor Setar several years back. Coincidentally, one of the days of our trip falls on 10th Muharram.. We were at Taman Muhibbah of Jalan Sultanah then... For every Asyura, the ladies will gather to make BA.. They'll collect money, buy the raw material, process it and started the making of BA - gotong royong concept!!! Siap kawah besar segala.. Once it's done, they'll placed it on a big round tray - underlined with banana leaves.. Then they distributed it accordingly...

It was a cool experience for all of us... Therefore, mum took the recipe and adapt it as our yearly do... But there are changes made as we did ourselves at home and we placed in plastic container, which convenient for distributions...

These are the ingredient that we normally use... Clockwise from the can are kidney bean, sweet potatoes, red beans, green beans (kacang ijo), yam, purple yam (not sure the actual name but sedap) and a type of soy like bean... Cukup 7 kn... If x cukup, we'll substitute to corn, banana, sagoo or anything that goes well with other ingredient.. xkan nk letak dageng or cheese kot... lol

All ingredient are cooked first... Or else it'll be cooked unevenly... Then all are added to the main ingredient which is tepung beras, corn floor, gula melaka along with other ingredients... The which mixture are initially caer, needs to be stirred till it's really thick.. This is certainly not an easy process as the thicker it is, the heavier it will be...

Once it is really cooked and well done, it is placed to the containers, accordingly...

Yumm yummmm...

Do ignore the calories, content of carbs, sugars n such once these are consumed... enuff said..

Thursday, December 9, 2010

One of the specialty of Terengganu is Ikan Celup Tepung. The local had commercialized it by making its abbreviation of ICT to be a commercial name... If has Shah Alam I-city, Terengganu has ICT plak... lol

This signboard really amuses us la...

We had all these as our late lunch @ Tunch (Tea + Lunch) meal... It's pretty filling n reasonable, tho...

All the items are really fresh and tasty... It's so fresh, i could feel the 'sweetness' dekat hujung-hujung... lol... Since it's fresh, it's really soft n juicy. It tasted so good, it's better eaten without the sauce, to feel the originality n pureness of it's taste...

ice cream abc

Additional info :for drinks, do ask for less sugar as most of the drinks are really sweeettttt....

We were inspired to have this delicacies when a dear friend of us, Edil tagged us on FB, on a plate of Sotong Goreng... They had it in Rhu 10...

Apparently it was a bit far from where we stayed. And we remembered that Dad use to have these somewhere near the beach and airport area. So we headed straight to Pantai Teluk Ketapang and found lots of choices here...

We choose Stall no 9 - Gerai Pak Awang as it was pretty clean n comfy... n the pakcik pun ala2 friendly... Furthermore we saw the dishes that belongs to the table next to us... looks pretty good... n it does taste really goooodddddd....

Then we took a drive along the reclaimed land of Pantai Teluk KetapaNG, by the airport(not KetapaK as i how i mis-spelled it on FB :)

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

It's a little trip to Kuala Terengganu. On our way there, we dropped by Chukai, Kemaman to check out some local specialties which is so famous. It's a must tho... We had otak-otak, sata, pais ikan, keropok lekor and karipap ikan...

It's at Warung Otak-otak Che Wan... A really famous spot as most of the customers are from other states... KL and Johorean mostly...

Just take a turn at Masjid Geliga, straight ahead till u meet a T-junction... Take right... Warung Che Wan is located on your right... Opposite bungalows...

Opens at around 2.30 pm till dusk...

The otak-otak are cooked using the traditional way - arang!!! No gas whatsoever...

otak-otak

stick of sata

sata

the otak-otak contains real fish inside..

Pais ikan selar kuning...priced at RM1.00 each

KARIPAPISH - bak kata Megat...one good thing about karipap in Terengganu is the fish filling...not the normal potato type...a colleague of mine, Sabrina loves it so much, she calls it 'dadah grade A' lol

Then we dropped by a stall selling keropok lekor... Its made fresh and fried to order... Gosh!! it's sangat sedap... Very the fishish... Not like the ones in town yang banyak tepung jer, n so tough... This is so pure as the content of fish are aplenty... Harga ok lak 2...

As we reached Kuala Terengganu, we checked out the pasa malam.. True that all nite markets are merely the same... but we juz love to see other pasar malam of a different place and state...

We brought a traditional putu piring which is known as Putu Kuning... It yellow, made of beras... The taste ada ala-ala berempah di hujung-hujung... hahaha... A pack of 3 for RM 1.oo...

Sunday, December 5, 2010

As written in my previous post, it was a big day for Fara's family as it's the wedding reception of her beloved eldest brother, Johari and his life partner, Citra... The event took place at Dewan Cattleya, Wisma PKPS...

we were like dressed way outta theme... lol

It was a pretty remarkable event tho... Not because we were given the chance to take charge... But we go meet all the wonderful people of our beloved DFC family... Adam, Azim, Fendy, Syuk, Capeq, Waty, Neeta, Nad, Nanna and Acap (i didn't leave any1 did i?)... Not forgetting my better half... Mau x meriah??? Segala macam pose ada...

alamak! Waty n Neeta not in frame la

this one's wih the 2 lovely sista...

getting a shot with Fara around is not easy then...but doesn't she look lovely?

with the Master of Ceremony, Cikgu Midon...Hella talented guy - mc, sang, danced, made joke n more...He managed to make the crowd stay even after the even had ended...

with my 2 wonderful guys...love u both :)

all of us and pengantin baru

the newly married couple & the not so new one :D

for remembrance - the kuceng n the other caricature is by Megat...chumellls kan...

my lovely Fara...Thanks for your family's trust on us... i'm so glad to become a part of the ceremony...

All in all, it was sucha joyous n fruitful day... Had fun with all... Most important is the event went on smooth... Almost flawless... Alhamdulillah... Many thanx to Aunty Azmah & Uncle Azmi for making us a part of it... Thus, a part of the family in sucha way... Appreciated it...